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idiomorphic definition

idio·mor·phic (id′ē ə môr′fik)

adjective

  1. having its own proper form
  2. Mineralogy having the normal faces characteristic of a particular mineral: said of crystals in rock that have developed without interference

Etymology: idio- + -morphic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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